Grenada Civil Registration

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Civil Registration

	This article describes a collection of historical records available at FamilySearch.org.
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National Archives} Records History On the 15 November, 1865 Grenada created an Act for registering Births, Deaths, Baptisms, Marriages and Burials. It was created to ensure a complete Register of Births, Deaths, Baptisms, Marriages, and Burials of all the people on the Island. It became the responsibility of the Registrar-General and District Registrars for the parishes, to once every year, make a duplicate and general abstract from the Register books, of the number of births, deaths, baptisms, marriages, and burials registered during the year preceding and the Registrar-General would also, make and keep tabular alphabetical indexes from the schedules. It is also the Registrar-General role, at the public expense, to ensure a sufficient number of register-books, duplicates, necessary for each rector and curate of the district and ensure that they should be of durable materials. The rector or curate of every parish, and every other recognized minister of religion on the Island, shall make out and deliver to the Registrar-General a true return in duplicate certified by him of the number of baptisms, marriages, and burials in the register-book kept by him. Further any person who willfully destroyed or caused to be destroyed any register-book would be guilty of felony. Finally it is the the Registrar-General and District Registrars' responsibility to allow searches to be made of any register, book, or certified returns in their respective keeping, and to give certified copies of any entry or entries in the same. What is in the Collection? There are currently few baptism and birth entries included in this index. Collection Contents How Do I Search the Collection? Search the Index Search by name on the Collection Details Page. Fill in the search boxes in the Search Collection section with the information you know Click Search to show possible matches When searching: As you are searching it is helpful to know such information as your ancestor’s given name and surname, some identifying information such as residence and age, and family relationships. Remember that there may be more than one person in the records with the same name as your ancestor and that your ancestor may have used nicknames or different names at different times. What Do I Do Next? Unfortunately indexed entry in the online collection do not includes the Civil Registration volume number and page number where the event was registered, as well as the registration year/quarter. Many original volumes were microfilmed but these can only be viewed at FamilySearch Centers, affiliate libraries, or the Family History Library in Salt Lake City. Others must be ordered from the Grenada Family Records Centre at the Registrar General’s Division which is located on the ground floor of the Ministerial Complex, Botanical Gardens, St. George on Grenada. Their contact number is +1-473-440-2806. Don't overlook FS Library Place Grenada items or FS Library Keyword Grenada items in the FamilySearch Library Catalog. For other libraries (local and national) or to gain access to items of interest, see Grenada Archives and Libraries. Known Issues with This Collection Problems with this collection? See a list of known issues, workarounds, tips, restrictions, future fixes, news and other helpful information. For a full list of all known issues associated with this collection see the attached Wiki article. If you encounter additional problems, please email them to support@familysearch.org. Please include the full path to the link and a description of the problem in your e-mail. Your assistance will help ensure that future reworks will be considered. Related Wiki Articles Grenada Grenada Census Grenada History How Can I Contribute to the FamilySearch Wiki? Citing This Collection Citations help you keep track of places you have searched and sources you have found. Identifying your sources helps others find the records you used. Collection Citation: Collection Citation: The citation for this collection can be found on the Collection Details Page in the section Cite This Collection. Record Citation (or citation for the index entry): When looking at a record, the citation is found below the record. You can search records in this collection by visiting the search page for Grenada Selected Births and Baptisms, 1866-1891.

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